Grain-carrier.



F. S. VOGELER & H. S. SPRECHER. GRAIN CARRIER.

I APPLICATION FILED FEB. I2, 19H. 1,83 623;

Patented July 17, 1917.

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GRAIN CARRIERJ APPLICATION FILED FEp. 12. I917.

Patented July 17, 1917.

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wuewbopo FRITZ S. VOGELER AND HENRY S. SPRECHER, 0F GREELEY, NEBRASKA.

GRAIN-canteen.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1am.

Application filedFebruary 12, 1917. Serial No. 148,230. a

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, FRITZ S. Vocrmnn and HENRY S. SrRnoHnR, cltizens of the United States, residing at Greeley, in the county of Greeley and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Carriers; and we dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as.

will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in grain carriers, and the I'1- mary object of the invention is to provi e a grain carrier including a tiltable receptacle that is provided with elevating means, and i a trip mechanism that releases the rece tacle from upright position when it reac es a predetermined point, so that it may be tilted and the contents dumped therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved type of grain carrier that is adapted to be drawn up alongside of'a wall, and which is provided with coacting means thereon which so operate that when the edge of an opening or the top of a wall has been reached, the trip will be operated on the receptacle to release the same so that it may be tilted over the edge to dump the contents thereof.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a grain carrying'receptacle of this character that is provided with a trip that includes a spring pressed latch normally engaging a bail, to hold the receptacle, in upright position, said latch being adapted to automatically reengage the bail after the same has been released therefrom, upon the vated p 1 t Fig. 2 shows a receptacle partially dumped when the bail has been released Figure 1 shows a receptacle being" ele- Fig. 3 shows a receptacle dumped;

Fig. at is a side elevation of the receptacle;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the'same;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 66 of Fig. 4:.

In describing our invention, we shall refer to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. This grain carrier includes a receptacle 1, which is provided with the usual type of front wheels-2 at the bottom of the same, and a swiveled wheel 3 at the rear, and which a has the edge of its open top inclined as shown at l. The type of receptacle illu trated in the accompanying drawings is sub stantially rectangular shaped, and is supported and elevated by means of a bail 5 that is pivotally connected to opposite sides of the same.

The receptacle 1 isprovided with an angularly disposed brace 6 and a lateral brace 7 which extend around the same as shown clearly in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings and have their ends disposed adjacent each other on the sides of the receptacle, the ends of the brace 7 being spaced therefrom and adapted to support therebetween and on the ends of the brace 6 pivot bars 8 on which are mounted eyes 9 formed on the lower ends of the bail: 5. This pivotal connection between the bail and the receptacle is slightly off center, so that the receptacle 1 is tiltable and ordinarily would be thrown forward.

To hold the receptacle 1 in upright position, we have provided a pair of spring pressedlatches 10, which are secured on each side of the receptacle, and normally engage the bail. These latches 10 comprise straight latch portions 11 provided with hooked outer ends 12 with inclined faces 13. The hooked ends 12 are adapted to engage the bails, while the inner ends of the straight portions 11 are provided with lateral offsets 14, pivotally mounted between upturned side portions or brackets 15 secured to the sides of the receptacle. These brackets 15 have their opposite ends bent laterally as shown at 1.6, and positioned through said ends are operating rods 17. that are connected at one end with the straight latch portions 11 and these rods are surrounded by coil springs 18 having one end positioned against the laterally bentp'ortions 16 of the brackets, while the opposite ends engage the operating rods and outwardly extending trip lever 23, that has its outer extremity connected with the front of the receptacle by means of the chain 24 or any other type of flexible connection. The spring pressed latches 10 normally engage the bail 5, and as these latches are connected with the rock shaft, a constant ten sion will be exerted on the same that will 'itend to throw the trip lever 23 outwardly,

. inward movementof this trip lever, it will but through the'medium of the connecting chain 24,-this movement is limited. Upon be obvious that the cranks will draw the links 22 outwardly, and consequently each operating rod l7 will be drawn against the tension of the coil spring 18, and the latch portions 11 will be lifted, thereby releasing the bail and allowing the receptacle to tilt. On the front of the receptacle 1, we have provided a pair of spaced brackets 25, which are formed of fiat metal base strips vertically disposed and secured to the said receptacle at the opposite sides of the front,

and adjacent the top of the same. These brackets are provided with laterally extending side'portions 26 that have rollers 27 7 'mounted therebetween adjacent the top of a; the same, and directly beneath these rollers,

these portions are recessed or notched as shown at 28 in horizontal alinement. The lower ends of the portions project outwai'dly as shown at 29 and form projecting stops for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully described, and the base portions of the brackets beneath the stops are bent laterally as clearly set forth in Fig. 4 of the drawings to form the bearings 20 in which the rock shaft 19 is mounted.

'In operation, when the receptacle 1 is in upright position, and it is desired to elevate the same, the receptacle is rolled against a 7 wall, the front portion of the same engaging said wall bythe rollers 27 contacting there- I with. When in this position, the receptacle is lifted upwardly, the rollers 27 engaging I the wall, and when either an opening or the top edge of a wall is reached, the rollers 27 will move there'over, and the edge will be disposed'within the recesses 28 directly beneath said rollers. Owingtothe fact that 7 the trip lever 23 is disposed directly in the I path of movement of this edge, between the recessed portions of the brackets 25, upon the rollers passing over the edge of the wall,

the, trip will be operatedandconsequently,

as this trip is operatively connected with the spring pressed latches, these latches will be released and the receptacle allowed to tilt.

As the bail 5 is released by the latches,

and owing to the fact that the same will still move upwardly, the receptacle will be tilted over the edge of the wall, and the contents dumped therefrom. The dumping movement of the receptacle is limited by the projecting stops 29 that are disposed beneath the recesses in which the edge is disposed. These stops will limit the tilting movement of the receptacle and prevent the same from being carried over the edge of the wall. lVhen the contents have been dumped from the receptacle, the same is swung back to upright position and owing to the fact that the latches are spring pressed, and also as they are provided with inclined outer faces, upon the bail 5 coming into engagement therewith, the latches will be forced outwardly against the tension of the spring and the bail allowed to be positioned once more within the hooked portions thereof. This will automatically engage the sides of the receptacle with the bail, and again hold this receptacle in upright position.

From the foregoing description of the construction and operation of our new and improved grain carrier, the manner of applying the same to use and the operation thereof will be readily understood, and it will be seen that we have provided a simple and eflicient means for carrying out the 0bects of the invention.

\Ve claim 1. The combination with a tiltable receptaele of the class described having elevating means tolift the same adjacent a wall, a latch normallyengaging said means to hold the receptacle upright, and a latch operating trip operable when the receptacle reaches a predetermined point on the wall to release the elevating means whereby the receptacle may be tilted; together with means carried by said receptacle in advance of said latch for protecting the same from release during the upward and downward movement of the receptacle.

The combination with a receptacle of the class described havin a bail pivoted to the side walls of the same, a latch normally engaging the bail to hold the receptacle upright, a roller spaced from the front of the receptacle and carried by the same to engage a wall during upward movement of said receptacle, and a latch operating trip beneath said roller and spaced inwardly from the same operable when the roller passes over the edge of the wall and when the same engages the trip, whereby the bail is released and thereceptacle dumped over said edge.

3. The combination with a receptacle of the class described having a bail pivoted to the sidewalls of the same, a latch normally engaging the bail to hold the receptacle up right, a roller spaced from the front of the receptacle and carried by the same to engage a wall during upward movement of said receptacle, a latch operating trip on said receptacle below the roller in the path of the edge of said wall when the roller passes thereover and operable by the same to release the bail, and a projecting stop to engage said end of the Wall to limit the dumping movement of the receptacle thereover.

4. The combination with a receptacle of the class described having a bail pivoted to the side walls of the same, a latch normally engaging the bail to hold the receptacle upright, a bracket on the front of said receptacle, a roller carried by said bracket and spaced from the receptacle thereby, the roller being adapted to engage a wall during upward movement of said receptacle, said bracket having a recess below the roller to receive the edge of the wall when the roller passes over the same, a latch operating trip on said receptacle in the path of movement of said edge and operable thereby to release the bail, and a projecting stop to engage the edge of the wall to limit the dumping movement of the receptacle thereover.

5. The combination with a receptacle of the class described having a bail pivoted to the side walls of the same, a spring pressed latch normally engaging the bail to hold the receptacle upright, a pair of spaced brackets on the front of said receptacle, rollers carried by said brackets and spaced from the receptacle thereby, said rollers being adapted to engage a wall during upward movement of the receptacle, the brackets having alining transversely extending recesses therein below the rollers and adapted to receive the edge of the wall when the rollers pass thereover, a rock shaftoperatively connected with said latch extending transversely across the front of the receptacle, a trip lever on said shaft having its extremity disposed in the path of said edge between the recessed portionsof the brackets and operable by the edge to' release the bail, and projecting lugs on said brackets below the recesses to limit the dumping movement of the receptacle.

6. The combination with a receptacle of the class described having a bail pivoted to the opposite sides of the same, a latch normally engaging the bail to hold the receptacle upright, a pair of spaced brackets on the front of the receptacle comprising metal base strips secured to said front having laterally bent side portions on the upper ends thereof, wall engaging rollers between the upper ends of said portions, said portions having transversely alined wall edge receiving recesses therein below the rollers, and the lower ends of the portions projecting outwardly to form stops to limit the dumping movement of the receptacle, a transversely extending rock shaft on the front of the receptacle operatively connected with the latch and mounted in bearings formed in the base strips of the brackets, and a trip lever having its extremity disposed beneath the alining wall receiving recesses in the brackets and operable thereby to re lease the bail.

7. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle, a bail pivoted to the opposite sides of the same, a spring pressed latch normally engaging said bail to hold the receptacle upright, a transversely extending rock shaft carried by the front of said receptacle, a rearwardly extending crank on said shaft, a connection between said crank and spring pressed latch, an upwardly and outwardly extending trip lever on said shaft movable inwardly against the tension of the spring pressed latch to operate the same, and a connection between the lever and said receptacle to limit the outward movement of said lever when released.

8. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle, a bail pivoted to the opposite sides of the same, a latch adapted to engage said bail, a bracket on the receptacle in which the inner end of the latchis pivotally mounted, a spring pressed rod mounted in said bracket and connected with the latch to normally hold the same in operative position against the side of the receptacle, a rock shaft on said receptacle, a trip lever on the shaft, a crank arm on said shaft, and a link connecting the latch operating rod and the crank arm, whereby the latch is released upon movement of the trip lever.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRITZ S. VOGELER. V HENRY S. SPRECHER.

\Vitnesses H. L. MILLER, CLYDE C. WVARFORD.

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